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1Gond:

2I am restless and unhappy.

3Without her calf, the cow is lonely. ||1||

4Without water, the fish writhes in pain.

5So is poor Naam Dayv without the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

6Like the cow's calf, which, when let loose,

7sucks at her udders and drinks her milk -||2||

8So has Naam Dayv found the Lord.

9Meeting the Guru, I have seen the Unseen Lord. ||3||

10As the man driven by sex wants another man's wife,

11so does Naam Dayv love the Lord. ||4||

12As the earth burns in the dazzling sunlight,

13so does poor Naam Dayv burn without the Lord's Name. ||5||4||

14Raag Gond, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee, Second House:

15One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

16Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, all doubts are dispelled.

17Chanting the Name of the Lord is the highest religion.

18Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, erases social classes and ancestral pedigrees.

19The Lord is the walking stick of the blind. ||1||

20I bow to the Lord, I humbly bow to the Lord.

21Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, you will not be tormented by the Messenger of Death. ||1||Pause||

22The Lord took the life of Harnaakhash,

23and gave Ajaamal a place in heaven.

24Teaching a parrot to speak the Lord's Name, Ganika the prostitute was saved.

25That Lord is the light of my eyes. ||2||

26Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Pootna was saved,

27even though she was a deceitful child-killer.

28Contemplating the Lord, Dropadi was saved.

29Gautam's wife, turned to stone, was saved. ||3||

30The Lord, who killed Kaysee and Kans,

31gave the gift of life to Kali.

32Prays Naam Dayv, such is my Lord;

33meditating on Him, fear and suffering are dispelled. ||4||1||5||

34Gond:

35One who chases after the god Bhairau, evil spirits and the goddess of smallpox,

36is riding on a donkey, kicking up the dust. ||1||

37I take only the Name of the One Lord.

38I have given away all other gods in exchange for Him. ||1||Pause||

39That man who chants ""Shiva, Shiva"", and meditates on him,

40is riding on a bull, shaking a tambourine. ||2||

41One who worships the Great Goddess Maya

42will be reincarnated as a woman, and not a man. ||3||

43You are called the Primal Goddess.

44At the time of liberation, where will you hide then? ||4||

45Follow the Guru's Teachings, and hold tight to the Lord's Name, O friend.

46Thus prays Naam Dayv, and so says the Gita as well. ||5||2||6||

47Bilaaval Gond:

48Today, Naam Dayv saw the Lord, and so I will instruct the ignorant. ||Pause||

49O Pandit, O religious scholar, your Gayatri was grazing in the fields.

50Taking a stick, the farmer broke its leg, and now it walks with a limp. ||1||

51O Pandit, I saw your great god Shiva, riding along on a white bull.

52In the merchant's house, a banquet was prepared for him - he killed the merchant's son. ||2||